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Sonam Gyatso the Third Dalai Lama
Essence of Refined Gold

History of the lamrim

The history of the lamrim and how can Buddhists in the West can approach the…

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Stone statue of Kuan Yin under a tree covered in snow.
Chenrezig Winter Retreat 2006-07

Resistance to meditation on emptiness

How to work with resistance and unmet expectations during retreat. How do we feel close…

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Stone statue of Kuan Yin under a tree covered in snow.
Chenrezig Winter Retreat 2006-07

Motivation for Chenrezig retreat

How our motivation prepares our mind for a retreat with Chenrezig, the manifestation of the…

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Khensur Jampa Tegchog smiles at the camera.
Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

The 12 links of dependent arising

Ending the 12 links of dependent arising, correcting wrong views in how we perceive a…

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Khensur Jampa Tegchog smiles at the camera.
Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

Emptiness of self

Understanding unfamiliar concepts in the teaching: the mind, the self, and emptiness of the self.

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Khensur Jampa Tegchog smiles at the camera.
Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

The fourth distortion

The source of suffering is due to our misconceptions in perceiving phenomena.

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Khensur Jampa Tegchog smiles at the camera.
Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

The truth of the origin of suffering

Looking at inappropriate attention and how it works in our mind, creating attachment and suffering.

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Khensur Jampa Tegchog smiles at the camera.
Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

The truth of dukkha

Understanding dukkha helps us to cultivate the wish to be free from it.

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Khensur Jampa Tegchog smiles at the camera.
Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

The mind and renunciation

The "garbage mind:" how it keeps returning us to cyclic existence over countless rebirths, and…

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Khensur Jampa Tegchog smiles at the camera.
Teachings by Khensur Jampa Tegchok

Introduction

Introductory teaching on the life history of Nagarjuna, cyclic existence, karma, bodhicitta, and the meaning…

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Sonam Gyatso the Third Dalai Lama
Chenrezig Winter Retreat 2006-07

Essence of Refined Gold

A treatise on the Lamrim Tradition of meditation, a tradition known as "Stages on the…

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